Re: SLA-SF: sla competencies program

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 11:10:21 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:10:21 -0700
From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: SLA-SF: sla competencies program

Thanks, Michael, for finding this and sharing it.
I'm sure we'll be hearing lots more about it.
Deb

At 09:09 AM 6/25/04 -0700, Michael Sholinbeck wrote:
>Hello all -
>
>At yesterday's Executive Board and Advisory Council Turnover Meeting,
>SLA's proposed certification program was briefly mentioned, but not much
>was known about it.
>
>I found a SLA document that mentions it; it is the January 2004 Trend
>Report sent to the SLA Board. I found it using Google; I couldn't find it
>using a search on the SLA site (!)
>
>Michael Sholinbeck
>Document Delivery/Reference Librarian
>Public Health Library
>University of California, Berkeley
>1-510/642-2511; 1-510/642-7623 (fax)
>msholinb@library.berkeley.edu
>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/
>
> From <http://www.sla.org/Documents/boarddocs/04docs/B04-11.doc> (please
> forgive formatting funkiness from the copy/paste job):
>
>The Professional Development program is currently undergoing a major
>revision in an effort to provide the membership with more relevant
>courses. As stated in the Professional Development Committee's Strategic
>Document, we want to improve SLA professional development so that it "will
>be known as one of the leading PD programs among professional societies
>and will be seen as the ideal model for support of life long learning and
>constant professional skills enhancement." The initiatives that are
>currently being addressed to reach this vision include:
>
>An SLA Online Learning Community that is organized with and driven by an
>award-winning Learning Management System, allowing members to manage their
>education and professional improvement online.
>SLA Certification Programs designed to allow members to demonstrate
>achievement of each of the Core Competencies.
>Certification Tracks individualized for each member.
>Continuing Education Units, authorized by a governing body such as the
>International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),
>awarded for all courses and seminars.
>Partnerships with information organizations and higher learning
>institutions to allow us to offer online courses and programs that are
>both valuable and prestigious.
>
>Because the Certification Program will be driven by and based on the Core
>Competencies, it will be the foundation of the new professional
>development offerings. We anticipate that there will be four Certification
>Tracks, one for each of the Core Competencies, offering the following
>certificates:
>
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Organizations
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Resources
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Services
>SLA Certification in Management of Information Tools and Technologies
>
>We will develop a separate curriculum outline for each Certification
>Track, containing terminal and enabling objectives for completion of the
>program. Courses will be selected and/or developed to meet each objective.
>Each Certification Track will also require completion of courses in
>associated Personal Competencies. To ensure that the SLA Certification
>Program is transferable and has independent merit, we are going to take
>the steps necessary to have courses and seminars offered through SLA meet
>the certification standards of the IACET.
>
>Many associations and academic institutions offer courses and online
>programs that would meet the objectives of our proposed certification
>programs, and we are beginning to look for such organizations with which
>to partner. The ability to co-sponsor courses and seminars will strengthen
>our program, improve our offerings, and enhance our efficiency.
>Our goal is simple: we want to be the only place that SLA members need to
>go to increase their value as an information professional and to further
>their career.
>
>
>
>
>
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Deborah Hunt
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